India in red zone for corruption
International index of corruption and transparency has placed India on the red zone for corruption watch list for its inability to curb corruption scandals and petty bribery. The annual index of Transparency International for 2016 has placed India with Brazil and China in the 40th position. India’s condition has...
Indian origin Woman who inspired “Swades” stopped by US cops
Indian origin Woman Aravinda Pillalamarri, the inspiration for “Swades”, was stopped by the police during her morning stroll in her hometown and was questioned about her immigration status by making her feel unequal because of her colour, media reports.
Pillalamari was stopped near her home in the Bel Air in...
Rallying for rights, Women’s March in New York City
Many South Asians had joined the millions of people of diverse races, ethnicities, backgrounds and ages, as they took to the streets in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington.
“I knew it was going to be big, but I had no idea that it could escalate into this big...
INOC President Lavika Bhagat Singh, No more
Indian National Overseas Congress president (INOC), Lavika Bhagat Singh, who was battling cancer for over a year has expired. Indian National Overseas Congress members have expressed their shock and condolences on the sad demise of their president.
Expressing his condolences, All India Congress Committee Vice President Rahul Gandhi said that...
Indian snake hunters in Florida’s war on pythons
Two Indian snake hunters have been hired by the Florida wildlife officials to get rid of the Burmese pythons, which are wiping out small mammal populations, driving nearly to extinction in a tropical wetland in the US state. Masi Sadaiyan and Vaidivel Gopal, both in their 50s, are from...
Three Indian Americans get Padma Shri
Three Indian Americans were awarded Padma shri in the year 2017. TV Asia Chairman H.R. Shah, sitar and surbahar player and composer Imrat Khan, and MIT professor and CEO of edX Anant Agarwal The Indian-Americans are the only Non Resident Indians who have found place in this year’s list.
Padma...
Smitha Haneef Princeton’s top chef
Smitha Haneef, the India-born director of campus dining at Princeton University’s campus serves more than three million meals a year to its students through their residential dining halls, campus-wide athletic banquets, food truck, reunion activities and a host of other campus events is Princetons top chef
The Ivy League university...
Indian Americans participates in Pravasi Haryana Divas
Four prominent Indian Americans from Chicago has participated as the official representatives of the Indian American Business Council at the Pravasi Haryana Divas in Gurgaon, Delhi, India.
The representatives are Poonam Gupta-Krishnan, Harish Kolasani, Keerthi Kumar Ravoori and Chacko Kurian. They had interacted with the government ministers and high-ranking officials...
Arun Pasrija new TiE Houston President
The Indus Entrepreneurs Houston Chapter has announced that Dr. Arun Pasrija, will be its new TiE Houston President succeeding John S. Reale, Jr.,. who will remain on the Board of Directors.
“I am proud to take on this role to continue the progress made under JR and Aruna Viswanathan’s leadership”,...
Indian Americans host fundraiser for New Jersey candidate
Members of the Indian American community in New Jersey had held a fundraiser for gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy in Colonia. Murphy, was recently the United States Ambassador to Germany under the Obama Administration and an executive at Goldman Sachs, had declared his candidacy in 2016. Murphy is seen as...
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